Tiger-Lily the snake had a 1-in-100,000 chance of being born and an even lower chance of surviving with her two competing heads, Missouri experts say. But she beat the odds, and now she’s traveling to different nature centers across the state while her home site is under construction, the Missouri Department of Conservation announced Jan. […]
A 27-year-old who faces a murder charge was naked when he approached a man delivering firewood at a Fort Worth home and beat him to death with a log, according to an arrest warrant affidavit. The suspect, Chrisantus Omondi, also assaulted the homeowner and seemed be to under the influence of an unknown substance during […]
With a frigid and anticlimactic Iowa caucus night behind them, the Republican presidential field moved Tuesday to New Hampshire, where Nikki Haley has her best — and perhaps only — chance to prove that Donald Trump can still be beaten in a GOP primary. The shift means more than a change of scenery: For a […]
Erik ten Hag says goal-shy Manchester United must show a clinical edge if they are to kickstart their Premier League campaign against Tottenham. This has been a bumpy second season in the hotseat for the Dutchman, whose side enter the weekend eighth in the standings having lost nine of their 20 Premier League games. That […]
UnitedHealth Group (UNH), the Dow Jones health care giant, comfortably topped fourth-quarter estimates early Friday but said medical costs as a share of premiums ran above analyst expectations. UNH stock, a laggard in this rally, like most of its defensive-oriented industry group, fell in early stock market action. X UnitedHealth Earnings Estimates: Analysts expect fourth-quarter UnitedHealth […]
BlackRock beat earnings expectations as the world’s largest money manager saw its assets top $10 trillion in the fourth quarter of 2023. The bigger news was the company’s acquisition of Global Infrastructure Partners in a $12.5 billion push into private markets. BlackRock reported earnings of $9.66 a share on revenue of $4.63 billion in the […]
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson is unconcerned that China will beat the United States in returning astronauts to the moon. Both China and the United States have plans to land astronauts on the moon before the decade is over, reviving talk of a new space race. “It is a fact: We’re in a space race,” Nelson […]
(Bloomberg) — Lucid Group Inc.’s vehicle deliveries came in slightly ahead of analyst estimates in the fourth quarter, capping a rocky year for the maker of high-end electric cars. Most Read from Bloomberg Lucid said Thursday it delivered 1,734 vehicles to customers in the final three months of the year, beating the average Wall Street […]
Sure, at the moment, it looks like Donald Trump will win the 2024 Republican nomination. But it smells a bit like 2016, when there was near unanimity in the press and the political class that he didn’t have a shot in hell against Hillary Clinton. In an unstable, unconventional time, it’s not inconceivable to imagine […]
Mark Allen produced a break of 86 in the final-frame decider to oust John Higgins and advance to the quarter-finals of the Masters. A week after teenage sensation Luke Littler thrilled during the World Darts Championship it was two old-timers that were starring at Alexandra Palace. Higgins, a two-time champion, looked to be in control […]
The benchmark S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) stock market index has delivered a gain of 67,036% (including dividends) since it was established in 1957. That translates to an average annual return of 10.2%, compounded. That’s more than twice the return investors could earn if they held cash right now, even with interest rates at a 15-year […]
ROCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Tuesday rejected the idea that ending his presidential bid would help Republican rival Nikki Haley defeat Donald Trump, questioning both her desire and ability to do so. While other candidates were in Iowa ahead of next week’s caucus, Christie was in a barbecue restaurant […]